I know there are better ways to store pipes and tobacco. I understand that my vintage and antique humidors really aren't the best for storing tobacco for regular use. I wouldn't have it any other way. For me, the using the older humidors and pipe racks connects me to heritage and celebrates a continuity and continuation of a way of life that would otherwise be lost.
Do you use your vintage pipe accessories?
I picked up my first pipe rack in the 80s at a swap meet during a Black Powder Rendezvous in Friendship, Indiana. Rocky Top Tennessee was playing in the background as I made the purchase - maybe $10, if that. The lid is a bit warped now and I use a rubber band to help seal it to the jar, but it has stored tobacco (for me) nearly 40 years and who knows for others for so much longer. Tobacco that is stored in the jar tends to dry out a bit too fast. I've replaced the little stone found under the lid with a circular sponge holder, and I've stained it many times over the years, but I wouldn't stop using it no matter what. I usually place my tobacco that needs to dry out a bit in that jar.
I have others - one my wife bought me back in 97 in Durango, Colorado, across from the train station, for our anniversary. It has its problems as well - she chipped the lid and jar moving it last year - I fixed it and retouched it up.
My current storage area above my desk.
Do you use your vintage pipe accessories?
I picked up my first pipe rack in the 80s at a swap meet during a Black Powder Rendezvous in Friendship, Indiana. Rocky Top Tennessee was playing in the background as I made the purchase - maybe $10, if that. The lid is a bit warped now and I use a rubber band to help seal it to the jar, but it has stored tobacco (for me) nearly 40 years and who knows for others for so much longer. Tobacco that is stored in the jar tends to dry out a bit too fast. I've replaced the little stone found under the lid with a circular sponge holder, and I've stained it many times over the years, but I wouldn't stop using it no matter what. I usually place my tobacco that needs to dry out a bit in that jar.
I have others - one my wife bought me back in 97 in Durango, Colorado, across from the train station, for our anniversary. It has its problems as well - she chipped the lid and jar moving it last year - I fixed it and retouched it up.
My current storage area above my desk.